laptop question
Leo J Mauler
webgiant at juno.com
Mon Nov 17 02:29:16 CST 2003
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:44:19 -0600 Jonathan Hutchins
<hutchins at tarcanfel.org> writes:
> On Sunday 16 November 2003 03:56 am, Leo J Mauler wrote:
>
> > Feel lucky. Getting Linux to run on laptops is a piecemeal
> > operation, and anyone who successfully gets it to run properly
> > on a laptop is someone who has worked on it for days, weeks,
> > months.
>
> Leo, I've installed Linux on some IBM laptops over the past year or
> so - systems ranging from P 300's to 800's or so - and I haven't had
> any more difficulty with them than with desktop systems. I've used
> either Mandrake or RedHat and been able to use the GUI on first
> reboot.
I'm sorry, I should have stated that "low-income people like me"
have problems with laptop installs.
Folks who can afford high-end laptop hardware have a better time of
it since the newer stuff is getting more Linux support than the older
laptop hardware.
If you can afford a used laptop costing more than $150, you'll have
*his* experience.
If you can't, you'll have *my* experience.
Right now mine is choking on the Mandrake 9.1 installer in *text mode*.
Four hours just to get through the *language selection*.
I'm hoping that Morphix might work better. I'm also looking into Slinky
and R.U.L.E. for low-end installs.
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